Associations to the word «Interjection»

Wiktionary

INTERJECTION, noun. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
INTERJECTION, noun. An interruption; something interjected

Dictionary definition

INTERJECTION, noun. An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion.
INTERJECTION, noun. The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky